islandmonkey
Well Known Member
Well I have my workshop now. Five minutes from where I work and ten minutes from my new apartment, which I move into in October. However, I have a problem. There has never been an RV-3 built in Switzerland, so I have been reliably informed. What does this statement imply? Well, it means that if your project is the "first" of its kind of a particular model, even if it is closely related to other models in the kit producers range, then you are required to work with the EAS group. EAS is the Swiss equivalent of the EAA in the States and the LAA in the UK. I have been told that this can be major pain in the rear since there are no defined requirements/information of what EAS want and when they want it. This means the if I carry on with building the 3 then I will end up being caught up in bureaucracy and having to pay for engineering assessments. Engineering costs have to be carried by a particular model type group. and since it will probably be the only 3 around,
then everything will have to be burdened by me.
So what is the way forward? Well there are a number of RV-4s being built and that are flying on the Swiss experimental register. This means that the trail has already been broken by some intrepid Swiss "Lewis and Clark". The bureaucratic costs will be more managable. The RV-4 has an extra seat and can carry more weight and there is more room for baggage if flying alone. So Vans will be getting an order from me for an RV-4 emp kit within the next few weeks. What will happen to my 3 project? Well it will happen. I will concentrate on the 4 and the 3 will be built as a second project. My workshop is big enough to accomodate both projects.
On the subject of the workshop. I want to thank Bernhard Daenzer for contacting me and for the future use of his tools that he has used to complete his lovely RV-7a, which had its first flight last week.
To celebrate Bernie`s first flight and the aquisition of my workshop my friend and work colleague Phil and I had several of these:
Here was a message from Bernie that I found on one of the tables in the workshop along with a VAF hat from Osh:
then everything will have to be burdened by me.
So what is the way forward? Well there are a number of RV-4s being built and that are flying on the Swiss experimental register. This means that the trail has already been broken by some intrepid Swiss "Lewis and Clark". The bureaucratic costs will be more managable. The RV-4 has an extra seat and can carry more weight and there is more room for baggage if flying alone. So Vans will be getting an order from me for an RV-4 emp kit within the next few weeks. What will happen to my 3 project? Well it will happen. I will concentrate on the 4 and the 3 will be built as a second project. My workshop is big enough to accomodate both projects.
On the subject of the workshop. I want to thank Bernhard Daenzer for contacting me and for the future use of his tools that he has used to complete his lovely RV-7a, which had its first flight last week.
To celebrate Bernie`s first flight and the aquisition of my workshop my friend and work colleague Phil and I had several of these:
![Beers.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F_ubqttloC9cA%2FTGL0-nVC2MI%2FAAAAAAAAAGQ%2FdwV0Axgum08%2Fs800%2FBeers.jpg&hash=1b39eabb2e3a8239afe5d8c0e66c11d0)
Here was a message from Bernie that I found on one of the tables in the workshop along with a VAF hat from Osh:
![hat.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F_ubqttloC9cA%2FTGL0_CDraUI%2FAAAAAAAAAGU%2FTJtLTcBqflI%2Fs800%2Fhat.jpg&hash=381f7c6c74d51269fe4e4c12c96c766c)